Sentences with phrase «fighting fake news as»

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CUNY professor Jeff Jarvis, who will direct the project as part of the Tow - Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, said in a blog post that the idea came from conversations he had with Newmark about the need to fight back against the rise of fake news and misinformation.

But, it can also backfire — because what Facebook is doing to fight fake news isn't censoring opinions that it doesn't like; it's preventing lies from being presented as facts.

* As a relevant aside, among the epistemic and rhetorical battles we fight these days, about «fake news,» «alternative facts,» and the like, there is another problem that I think is both more significant and widespread and much less discussed.

The study comes as multiple social media platforms continue an ongoing fight against fake news.

As part of its ongoing battle to fight fake news on its platform, Facebook rolled out several features April 3 that are intended to better...

As part of its ongoing battle to fight fake news on its platform, Facebook rolled out several features April 3 that are intended to better inform users about the content they see in their News Fnews on its platform, Facebook rolled out several features April 3 that are intended to better inform users about the content they see in their News FNews Feed.

But as Facebook seeks to fight the scourge of fake news without necessarily becoming the arbiter of truth itself, its best bet may be to expose a range of opinions about a topic and hope people understand the most outlandish (and viral) takes might not be worth reading.

Almost exactly one year ago, Facebook implemented several changes to fight fake news, including easier steps to report articles, partnerships with fact - checking organizations and features, like Disputed Flags, that alert people when they are about to read or share articles that have identified by fact - checkers as fake news.

Facebook is choosing to fight fake news by showing less news in general as the platform tweaks the news feed for users» «well being,» though a push for more local news is also part of the changes.